Feel the heat in the following notes. The Derby live blog was a sexually liberating experience, just like we’d always imagined. Men openly loving men, achieving emotional nirvana…this is who we are, and we’re okay with that. Barry Robson invoked it. It’s not his fault though, with the tackling, passing, commitment, deathly frozen stare – these attributes would drive any red-blooded male Boro supporter tethered to a keyboard last Tuesday evening into wild gyrations…
Coyne; Naughton, Wheater, McManus, Taylor; Robson, O’Neil, Williams, Arca; Killen, McDonald
- Marvin Emnes no longer missing in action – he’s back on the bench…still no Nani though
- Barry Robson continues his recent brilliance – inside 3 minutes his free kick seems destined for the Derby net, only to be headed away to safety at the last
- Talk about fine fettle: Robbo opens the scoring for us again! A wonder strike from the edge of the area into the top right corner past a helpless David Martin – Derby 0-1 Boro – 15 mins
- Gordon Strachan Appreciation Society thriving on AV’s live blog – the old resistance to the new gaffer it certainly isn’t on display here
- Danny Coyne earning the virtual platitudes too for his overall composure
- And it’s gone straight to his head around 30 minutes as he tries to invoke some of the past goalkeeping calamities – some butterfingers moments are mitigated nicely by intervention from Mick
- Results at this stage – 40 mins in – going our way…sort of: Coventry losing…to Cardiff – but oh, Blackpool are down…to Sheff Utd…double balls!
- Completely unrelated to the goings on at Pride Park, and maybe best kept to ourselves…we’ve quite the soft spot for plucky Plymouth…Paul Mariner seems a good geezer and he’s quite familiar w/ our part of the world
- HT Derby 0-1 Boro
- Gary Gill thinks we look quite comfortable – Ali Brownlee goes further, saying we’re bossing the middle of the park and doing what we please
- 30 seconds into the 2nd half GON is clattered – down momentarily but good to continue – Gordo only has 4 recognised midfielders you know
- AV chimes in amid the love-in for Barry Robson: ‘To be fair you wouldn’t want Robson to look at you… he has the black cold eyes of a shark, totally focused on the prey, and he has the tetchy Caledonian growl of of David Moyes too. Scary. Respect.’
- Boro continue the search for a second goal which could well kill off this affair – Mac looked to have bagged it in the 57th min if not for a questionable off side decision
- Failure to step on the throat is finally punished: Chris Porter – recently on for Robbie Savage – powers home a header at the far post…Coyne lacked the inches to properly divert the ball…67 mins – Derby 1-1 Boro
- Double bugger as they say…6 minutes later it’s Michael Tonge – on loan from Stoke – volleying home from 25 yards to give the hosts a shock lead…Derby 2-1 Boro…two Derby crosses dealt with before the clearance fell nicely to the former Blades midfielder
- Gordo is going for it though – Lee Miller on for Arca in the 83rd min to join recent sub Leroy Lita up front w/ Scott McDonald
- Hope is substituted for resignation after Rhys Williams commits a second bookable offence – first yellow given in 1st half stoppage time – and is correctly sent off in the 88th min – petulant foul on Dean Leacock
- Amazing spirit and fight under less than ideal circumstances! Leroy Lita atones for past transgressions by heading home an unlikely equalizer in stoppage time – Derby 2-2 Boro
- The rediscovered goodwill is quickly eviscerated – keep your damn kit on man…please fine and/or rollick him
- GG MOM – Barry Robson
- FT Derby 2-2 Boro
March 22nd, 2010 @ BA
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